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Sunday, 26 July 2015

Author Spotlight - Kathy Bosman

I'm so excited to welcome author Kathy Bosman
(who also happens to be my sister!) to my blog today.

Book # 1 of
The Creators Series

On
sale for $0.99 on Amazon and All Romance Ebooks.

Sweet Contemporary Romance

Also available:

Book # 2 – The
Dance of the Firefly

Book # 3 – A
Better Promise

Blurb:

Seven years earlier, a young and serious Tessa Calitz wrote a letter to
free spirit Ryan le Roux promising her undying love. As time passed she forgot
about that letter...but Ryan did not.

When he walks back into her life, Tessa is in a relationship and busy
setting up her art gallery in Johannesburg. She has plans to start a family,
and the arrival of Ryan throws her for a spin. He is the worst thing that could
happen to her dream of stability...or is he?

When everything she clung to starts to crumble, Ryan is right beside her
to inspire her to greater things. But her compulsion for having marriage and
children on her terms alone pushes Ryan away – until she falls in love with an
orphaned baby.

What can Ryan do to make Tessa realize that being with him is what her
heart has longed for all along?

Excerpt:

“You’re
making a mistake, Ryan. Coming in here and trying to bring up the past. It’s
too late now. I’m committed to Mark and have found a life for myself. You never
wanted me then. You loved Annie.”

“I
didn’t love her. I loved you. And you promised forever….”

His
voice was resigned, and then he winked at her as if to dispel the tension. It
did no such thing.

The
letter at the back of the sketch had promised she would love him forever,
hadn’t it? She had believed she would never love anyone as much as Ryan and
that he showed her what true love was.

“You
never loved me.” She dropped her gaze onto her lap. “We were just good
friends.”

Pushing
up her chin to pretend that her heart wasn’t zinging with emotion, she started
to walk toward the one wall to adjust a painting. He grabbed her hand. She
tried to pull away, but he firmly pulled her close.

Heat
and energy radiated off him and his manly scent encompassed her. Even his
breath was a sweetness she wanted to drink in. She took in the shape of his
face, his mouth which drooped slightly to the left, his skewed jaw line and the
prominent cheek bones. His eyebrows were dark and perfectly shaped, and he had
such long eyelashes. Yanking her burning hand away, she made sure her back was
facing him.

“I
was blind to the true treasure. All the time when I was going out with Annie, I
really wanted you, but I couldn’t do that to her—dump her for her best friend.
I’ve loved you for years, Tess. I’ve been trying to find you. No other woman
has measured up, and I’ve had several relationships. And you’ve become so
beautiful.”

She
faced him, her mouth partially open, devoid of words. He’d loved her? Why
didn’t he tell her then before it was too late?

His
gaze followed her from head to foot, and heat branded her face while a spark
ignited her body.

“But
I wasn’t then. You thought I was ugly. You must have because Annie was so
beautiful and you never looked at me.”

“I
did. Besides the kohl and black clothes, you were adorable, especially in your
pajamas.”

Tessa
wasn’t usually one to blush easily, but fire lapped up her whole face and neck.
“But the way you used to look at Annie. She had the most stunning legs. Long
and muscular.”

Ryan
smiled. “You have better legs than Annie.”

She
pulled back. For a moment, he had her in a trance. Maybe she should leave Mark
and pursue this. Jump right in. No, of course not. Who was Ryan now, anyway?
She hardly knew him. He could disappear again. Mark cared for her and he was
the perfect match to build a family. That’s all she needed.

Author Bio:

Kathy
loves reading and writing even more. She homeschools her three kids, so in
between unsuccessfully explaining the difference between subject and predicate
or how to divide fractions, she enters an imaginary world of troubled and
passionate characters whose stories take over the page. Kathy lives in Kwazulu
Natal, South Africa, where the summers are hot, the winters cool, and bugs
thrive. Her first published novel, Wedding Gown Girl, came out in 2012 with
Astraea Press. She belongs to the Romance Writers of South Africa Group (ROSA)
which has been her greatest support and inspiration the last few years.